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like impassable barriers round each
From the burning desarts of sunny Africa—from the wild tornados of the gusty West—from the mountains of ice piled by a thousand ages, like impassable barriers round each frozen pole—from the fertile plains and trackless forests of Australia, frequently rises, like a breeze of sweetest incense, the fond remembrance of our native land ; which, even in bosoms scathed by storm and pilgrimage, causes to spring up, like a sudden fountain in a barren waste, the gushing images of the scenes of home, and all their prime deliciousness."
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829) by Various

literally it be right enough
Moreover, one extreme of exaggeration, whenever in controversy we enter into it and get involved in it, easily introduces its opposite, which then again is on its side carried too far—or which even, though strictly and literally it be right enough, is yet asserted with too little of limitation, and applied with unsalutary rigor.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

let it be remembered especially
But let it be remembered especially that this last event takes place under the seventh plague, which is the "filling up" of the wrath of God, and that Christ previously announced under the sixth vial, "Behold, I come as a thief."
— from The Revelation Explained An Exposition, Text by Text, of the Apocalypse of St. John by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

let it be Robert E
Finally, he said to me with emphasis, which you will pardon me for relating, 'I tell you that, if I were on my death-bed to-morrow, and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked my judgment as to the ability of a commander, I would say with my dying breath, let it be Robert E. Lee.'
— from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke

leave it but rather encouraged
For he felt so little antagonism to any Christian sect, that he never urged any member of a church to leave it, but rather encouraged his humbler friends, who sought his advice, to make full use of such spiritual privileges as they appreciated most.
— from Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern by J. Allanson (James Allanson) Picton

let it be remembered every
And then, let it be remembered, every family, every person, has a duty in this line.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith

left I believe returned Emberance
“Yes, he has some months of it yet left, I believe,” returned Emberance.
— from Kingsworth; or, The Aim of a Life by Christabel R. (Christabel Rose) Coleridge

Let it but resemble Earth
Let it but resemble Earth myself have known!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning


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